Libraries & the Cultural Record (print: , online: ) is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 devoted to the study of the creation, organization, preservation, and utilization of libraries

Library

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, considered as collections of the cultural record in the context of cultural and social history. It was established in 1966 as Libraries & Culture (print: , online: ) and obtained its current title in 2006.

The journal is published quarterly by the University of Texas Press

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 and the editor in chief

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 is David B. Gracy II. It is indexed in America: History and Life, Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

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, Book Review Index

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, Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France, Historical Abstracts, Journal of American History

Journal of American History

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, Library and Information Science Abstracts

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, Library Literature, MLA International Bibliography, and Social Sciences Citation Index

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External links

• Libraries & the Cultural Record at Project MUSE
  Project MUSE
  Project MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...